Genre Essays

“The Gift of the Magi” is a wonderful short story. It is the brilliant story that shows the true meaning of selfless love that the author tries to let the readers to know from the Christmas gifts. It is not what the gifts are , but the meaning behind the gifts is more important. This […]

Margaret Laurence was born Jean Margaret Wemyss on July 18, 1926 in the prairie town of Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada. Both of her parents passed away in her childhood, and Laurence was raised by her aunt and maternal grandfather. Laurence decided in childhood that she wanted to be a writer, and began writing stories in elementary […]

In Cue For Treason, written by Geoffrey Trease, we are introduced to the main Character, Peter Brownrigg. Peter’s neighbors and family break down the wall blocking the common lands and that’s when the adventure begins. This adventure Peter goes through shows how ambitious, independent, and brave he is. Peter’s traits are unveiled while he is […]

“Theme” is commonly described as the central idea for literary work or ideas explored within a piece of literature. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines theme as: “a subject or topic of discourse; an artistic representation; a written composition; a melodic subject of a musical movement. ” However, theme can also serve to convey a “moral” of […]

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel is an amazingly emotional, and completely original book. It is a books with a unique plot, complex characters, and a variety of themes and ideas. This books stands apart from others the second you open it. Told from the point of view of the son of two scientists, Ben’s totally […]

The story is about a girl called Lucy Cooke. She is the only person on the school who takes nine o-levels. The story takes place in the detention room, because Lucy the grade A student has bitten a girl. The name of the bitten girl is Penny. Penny and Lucy used to be best friends, […]

The short story A Dill Pickle was written by Katherine Mansfield. It takes place sometimes in the early 1900s in some kind of Japanese themed restaurant. There is one main object throughout the story that is important to the plot, and that is, like the title suggests, a dill pickle. The story is about a […]

Blending drama with a touch of romance, The Good Girl is an extraordinary and heartfelt novel written by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann. After the death of her brother Mark, Lindsay’s life has undergone significant changes. In order to cope with her difficulties and maintain family unity, she adopts the persona of a “good girl.” Lindsay achieves […]

Write a critical analysis of the character of Magwitch in Dickens’ novel Great Expectations. Why does Magwitch become Pip’s benefactor? Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens. The first publication of the novel was in 1861. The major themes are a social class, criminality, guilt, love, growth from childhood to adulthood, the desire […]

The symbolic use of birds by Faulk has been remarked upon by a critic, who notes that they appear at key moments in the story. In Birdsong, Faulks employs birds to communicate important messages to both the characters and the audience. An instance of this can be seen when a bird becomes trapped and attempts […]

Green grass running water starts out with an unknown narrator explaining “the beginning”. Coyote, one of the characters always has dreams that wake him up from his peaceful sleep. The dream thinks itself is god. Coyote is only amused thinking the dream is a dog that gets everything backwards. A frequently asked question in this […]

Room on The Roof is the first novel by Ruskin Bond . It is the story of Rusty who is a 16 year old boy. After his parents died he was living with his English Guardian. He was quite unhappy with the ruthless ways and strict rules of his Guardian and decides to break-free one […]

In the story, Shane, by Jack Schaefer, the character of Shane is mysterious, kind, and hard working. Shane was a very mysterious person from the first day he arrived at the Starrett’s home and displayed this through his personality and appearance. Shane also displayed kindness not long after his arrival at the Starrett’s farm and […]

Analysis of The Lady’s Maid by Katherine ManssfieldName: The Lady’s Maid” by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) was first published in 1920. The story is told in the first person by Ellen but at the same time meant to be told to “madam. ” She has worked as a lady’s maid for the same […]

I’m sure many of you know what the majority of Nicholas Sparks’s books are: tearjerkers which aim to make the reader fall in love with the novel, only to cry at the end. A Walk to Remember was the first Nicholas Sparks book I had ever read, and it was just about perfect. This novel […]

Writing is more than just clusters of words that fill the blank expanses of white pages but rather for expressing the fleeting imagination of the author’s mind. The Victorian Era, a time named for Queen Victoria’s reign in England from 1837-1901, was an era that had advancements in many fields, from science to literature (Rahn), […]

In the short story, “The Fox and the Forest,” from the anthology The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury uses suspense and symbolism to support the theme of the story. In the story, a young couple, William and Susan Travis, are trying to escape their past, which would be our future. They want to escape the future […]

Have you ever heard your mom nagging, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”? Well, that’s this story’s lesson except this short story does it better. In literature, authors frequently write about one character who is looking for someone to hold responsible for all their problems. In the short story, Around the River Bend, by […]

Edgar Allen Poe, poet, critic, and master of the short story, was born in 1809 and died in 1849 in the city of Baltimore. Though Poe gained fame in his lifetime he never became a literary giant. After his death he fell out of favor and was remembered mostly for his dark and scary poetry. […]

“The Courtship of Mr. Lyon” is an interpretation of a traditional folktale, “Beauty and the Best”. There are some aspects that make this story different from the old version. Firstly, the characterization of these two stories is dissimilar. The characters in the traditional version are almost flat characters. The protagonist, Belle, is completely good; lovely […]

According to Jane Burke, The Story of Tom Brennan revolves around the transformation in Tom’s life after a tragic car crash. In this event, Daniel Brennan crashed his blue ford falcon into a tree, causing the deaths of two people and injuring another individual. As a result, Tom is overwhelmed with despair and anger as […]

Ever since humans have existed they have learned that it is better to focus on the positive things in their lives rather than the negative, to uphold a positive attitude towards the things that they do. This method can be helpful in some certain situations, but as it is portrayed in Stephen King’s “The Man […]